"The airlines are both in the process of cutting thousands of jobs to help restore their domestic operations to profitability, restructuring their airline subsidiaries, keeping aircraft on the ground rather than flying them empty, and looking at ways to capitalize on relatively robust demand on many long-haul routes."

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##Riyadh industrial building hit by explosion
"An industrial building in eastern Riyadh was almost entirely destroyed by a large explosion on Thursday, a Reuters witness said."